Collar for equine animals.



B. F. GETZ.

COLLAR FOR EQUINE ANIMALS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-15, 1915.-

Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH cm. WASHINGTON, D. C.

BENJAMIN F. en'rz, or MEcHAN IcsBURe, PENNSYLVANIA.

COLLAR FOR EQUINE ANIMALS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

Application filed. September 15, 1915. Serial No. 50,858. V I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,,BENJAMINF. Gn'rz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mechanicsburg, in the county of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collars for Equine Animals, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in collars for equine animals; and it is an object of the invention to provide a device of this general character having novel and improved construction whereby the same possesses a minimum of weight and whereby the collar is effectively protected against wear incident to the harness coacting therewith.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and'arrangement of the several parts of my improved collar whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

Thenovel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the appended claim.

In order that my invention may bethe better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the device as herein disclosed; Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 33 of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line of Fig. 1.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, C denotes my improved collar as an entirety and herein disclosed as split at its upper end and coacting with said split end are the fastening means M of any desired construction. 1

1 denotes the rim or fore-Wale herein disclosed, the foreale 1 and after- Wale 2 each comprises a casing 3 of textile back or. after-Wale 2 is effectively formed of the col-' lar and 2 the back or after-Wale and, as

upon its filler F by the lacing Lidisposed around the outer margin thereof.

In ordertoprotect the collar against wear incident to the hames when applied thereto,

I find it of particular advantage to provide the outer face of the after-Wale adjacent the fore-Wale with the lamination or liner 1 of leather or other material possessing the requisite resistive qualifications and said lamination or liner 4 at the upper end of the collar extends entirely across the outer face of the back or after-Wale 2 so as to afiord a protection against the driving lines which pass over the collar at this point. The major portion of the lamination or liner 4- is of a width less than the width of the forward face of the after-Wale, said width being sufiicient, however, to have the hames when applied to the collar contact therewith. The outer faces of the after-Wale or back 2 at the shoulders or crooks thereof are provided with the supplemental laminations or liners 5 of leather or the like which overlie the adjacent portion of the lamination or liner 4: and extend entirely across said outer faces and serve as a protection against the harness connection with the hames.

The top or sweeny portion of the rim or fore-Wale is incased with a lamination or liner-6 also of leather to protect said forewale or rim against the wear incident to that portion of the collar and the throat portions of the fore-Wale and after-Wale are incased with the laminations or liners 7 and 8, re-

spectively, of leather or the like, said last named liners protecting the collar against the throat strap.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a collar constructed in accordance with my invention is of-an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensive nature and is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modi fication without material departure from the principles and spirit and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice.

I claim:

As a new article of manufacture, a collar for equine animals comprising a fore-Wale and an after-Wale, stitching connecting the fore-Wale and after-Wale, the'outer face of the after-Wale having a liner of leather adjacent its connection With thevfore-wale and extending entirely therearound, the upper 5 portion of the liner being extended entirely across the outer face of the after-Wale, the remaining portion ofthe liner being of a width less than the width of the outer face of the after-Wale, additional liners disposed entirely across theouter face of the after- Wale at the shoulders thereof and overlying the adjacent portions of the first named BENJAMIN F. GETZ. WVitnesses:

GEORGE BAIsH,

W. O. NEIDIG.

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